So you're in Procreate and you want to make your own color palette from an image. Or even easier, you want to import a color palette from a cool site like design-seeds.com. To summarize, you'll import your image, then use the eyedropper tool to create a palette. Here are those instructions in-depth if you need more help.

There's something about a fresh and brand new watercolor set that is so beautiful and so satisfying!

This is so silly, but I purchased this Prima watercolors 12-pan set back when I had my bachelorette party (a watercolor for beginners party at a Paper Source store)—and that was back in September (it's been 5 months…). I didn't open it because I had grand plans to do an unboxing video (and made it out to be more difficult than it ended up being, tenfold).

Well, over the weekend I got my hands dirty so I could play with my new present to myself—finally!

Each pan is individually wrapped in cellophane and then a layer of paper to show you what the color name is. It was a bit tedious to unwrap, but worth it in the end.

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The tin itself is pretty darn cool because it offers three full areas for paint mixing—the top lid, the bottom fold-out lid, and you can even lift up the pans that are seated in a removable tray and use the bottom of the pan, too. It's a pretty versatile design for the package and would be easy to replace colors later down the road when they run out.

There's even a nice little metal loop at the back of the tin for those who paint on the go.

Quick recommendation: Don't try to peel off the pink Prima sticker on the front of the tin; it doesn't come off easily. I need to soak it in some Goo-Gone or something like that now.

The colors are beautifully saturated and offer a nice range of tints when mixed with more water. Overall the 12 pans offer a very nice range of fun, cheerful colors that all fit very well together.

In the video I go into more depth about showing you which colors are similar to one another (there are quite a few) but I wouldn't say it would stop me from buying the set again.

Some of the colors seem a bit gloopy with their pigmentation, but none of the colors are chalky like less expensive watercolors can be. So it's just a trade-off.

Overall I really like this set and can see it being the only set I travel with or throw in my backpack if I'm feeling artsy.

It's super easy and so fun to create your own coloring book page! I just launched this course on Skillshare: make sure to check it out and enroll in my newest Skillshare class. This can be whatever you want it to be. For my coloring book page, I started by hand lettering my newborn son's name with block lettering. All I used to do this was a Sharpie marker and printer paper. Then I began to add illustrative and doodle-y details with the sharpie. Next up is digitizing, vectorizing, printing, and finally coloring!

There are so many things you can do with watercolor backgrounds: hand letter on top of them, cut them out and make some mixed media art, digitize them and use them as watercolor textures, and more. In this video I'll show you a few methods to create easy watercolor backgrounds for your projects, using simple tools that you may already have lying around your house.

300DPI? 72DPI? JPEG? PNG? CMYK? RGB? Inches? Pixels? The possibilities are overwhelming. I've gotten a lot of questions on best practices for creating and saving digital and print files for graphic design. If you're not sure how to save your files for print or digital, this post is for you!

There are lots of happy accidents when it comes to creative work! I'm not sure how I did this, but one day I had my inking Pentel Aquash water brushes out and I also had watercolor out, and I decided to dip the tip of my ink brush into the watercolor. I loved the results and wanted to share with you how I achieve this effect!

Welcome to the second part of my brush pen demo! These pens are less traditional; not all of them were made for brush calligraphy. In fact, most of them are used for illustration, watercolor, or crafts. However, they make up some of my favorite pens to use all the time!

In today's post and video, I'll demonstrate 9 pens that are more traditional, meaning they were specifically made for brush lettering. Most of these pens only come in black ink, and they range in size from super fine to fine.

In this video tutorial I'll show you a quick tip on how to center your brush calligraphy on your paper. While you can certainly bring your work into your computer and edit it later, sometimes it's nice to get it all done properly in one sitting (especially if you have to—for a commissioned piece or something you want to hang immediately).

In today's post and video I'll show you how to draw joins and letter pairs with brush calligraphy and brush lettering. In previous posts I've talked about basic strokes and drawing individual letters, but now it's time to learn how to join these letters together so you can create beautiful seamless brush calligraphy.

Brush lettering and brush calligraphy is popular these days. Whether you're a beginner or just looking to improve your craft, here are 9 ways to improve your brush calligraphy. Sometimes even more seasoned brush lettering artists need to go back to basics in order to check in with themselves!

Learn how to make your own watercolor travel palette using a very inexpensive pill case. Watch the video to learn how I made my watercolor travel palette, what colors I used, and also to see it in action!

In this post, I'll walk you through how to get started with brush lettering. This post includes a video tutorial to help you learn the 8 basic strokes needed to create brush calligraphy letters. These basic strokes are fantastic to learn now, so you can practice them with lettering drills and help to perfect your brushed letters.

Want to learn, develop, and practice brush lettering? Here's a video showing you how to do just that, while using the free cursive handwriting worksheets I shared last week. You can easily start to develop your style by learning 5 new cursive styles, applying brush lettering techniques, and practicing until these letters become committed to your memory.

Cursive is a funny animal. While most schools aren't even teaching cursive anymore, hand letterers are scrambling to learn different styles in order to practice calligraphy and also help find their signature style.

If watercolor is part of your brand’s aesthetic, it’s important you learn how to use watercolor in a digital form so you can continue to make branded graphics without having to hire a designer. This will save you time, money, and will add another tool to your creative entrepreneur toolbelt!